Anglican Adam Preaching Society
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The Anglican Adam Preaching Society is an interdenominational evangelical Christian movement based in Nigeria,[1] which was founded by an evangelist of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, the late Cornelius Adam Igbudu who hailed from Araya in Isokoland.[2]
According to the A.A.P.S. official website, the evangelical group "is an interdenominational preaching society under the umbrella of the Anglican Communion. It stands for professional soul winning and being run by self-sacrifice and freewill donations".[1] It was considered as being "famous for the spread of the gospel of Christ across Nigeria".[3]
Professor Peter Palmer Ekeh, Founder of Urhobo Historical Society, later wrote in his book: History of the Urhobo People of Niger Delta, that "The evangelical movement of Adam's Anglican Preaching Society (A.A.P.S.), which he [Igbudu] founded, bestrode the Anglican Communion in the Former Bendel State. It created waves of mass conversions".[4]
History
changeHistory has it that Cornelius Adam Igbudu was born in 1914 in a local village of Araya to Isoko pagan parents who were idol worshippers,[5] and before he became a Christian in 1927,[6] he was part of a traditional dance group in Uzere in Isokoland.[2]
Shortly after Igbudu left the dance group, in 1938 he formed the "Ole-Orufuo", a prayer group which later developed into an evangelical group.[2] After the movement locally became known as the "Ukoko Adamu" (meaning, "Adam's Preaching Society") in 1946, in the ensuing years there was a need to absorb it into the Nigerian Anglican Church and the word "Anglican" was formally added to the name of the group.[2]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Welcome to AAPS". AAPS.org.ng. Archived from the original on 14 August 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Igbudu, Cornelius Adam". DACB.org. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ↑ "Omoru passes on". The Nation Newspaper. 7 January 2018. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ↑ Peter Palmer Ekeh (2007). History of the Urhobo People of Niger Delta. Urhobo Historical Society. p. 220. ISBN 978-978-077-288-8.
- ↑ Smit, Johannes; Kumar, Pratap (2018). Study of Religion in Southern Africa: Essays in Honour of G.C. Oosthuizen. BRILL. p. 105. ISBN 978-904-740-749-2.
- ↑ Salawu, Abiodun; Fadipe, Israel A. (2022). Indigenous African Popular Music, Volume 1: Prophets and Philosophers. Springer Nature. p. 157. ISBN 978-303-097-884-6.